Catering Assistant

Integrated Care System; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Catering Assistant to join their team at Queens Hospital Burton. The role involves food preparation and service, enhancing patient experiences through compassionate care. Full training will be provided, including food safety and allergen training, with the opportunity for professional development.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must possess excellent communication skills.
• Good literacy and numerical skills required.
• Food safety and allergen training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food preparation and service to patients and staff.
• Ensure cleanliness in the kitchen area according to cleaning schedules.
• Deliver principles of customer care with compassion.

Skills

Communication

Customer Care

Numeracy

Education

Level 2 Food Safety Certificate

Allergen training

Basic Health and Safety Certificate

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Catering Assistant

The closing date is 28 July 2025

We are now recruiting to Catering Assistant Retail at Queens Hospital Burton. We are looking for compassionate, caring, hardworking, flexible team members that are committed to enhancing our patient experience.

All staff working for UHDB play a key role in the organisation. You must possess excellent Communication skills the ability to work as part of a team and have a can-do attitude.

You will receive full training including a level 2 food safety and allergen training, other mandatory training and all essential to role training.

Full Uniform and PPE is provided. NHS Terms and conditions apply

Main duties of the job

The main duties of a Catering Assistant working at Burton Hospital are to work as part of Facilities & ward teams to carry out a variety of tasks associated with food preparation, food and beverage service to patients, visitors and staff.

• To deliver good principles of customer care ensuring helpfulness, awareness and compassion to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues.
• Cleaning duties within the kitchen and other associated areas in accordance with departmental cleaning schedules to include equipment, work surfaces crockery and cutlery.

You will ideally possess a good understanding of Mathematics and English. Have a good understanding of customer care and be able to communicate well with patients, staff and visitors. Catering experience and a Food Safety Certificate are desirable but not essential, skills and technical training will be given.

Closing date of applications: 28 July 2025

Interview date: 11 August 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements

• Good literacy and numerical skills
• Certificate in Allergen training Level 2 Food Safety Certificate or equivalent
• Basic Health and Safety Certificate

Experience & Knowledge

• To be able to demonstrate the ability to work on your own or in a team on a regular basis without direct supervision
• Previous experience of working within the food industry is desirable but not essential
• Knowledge of food allergens

Skills And Ability

• Daily requirement for major part of shift to move catering equipment. Push and pull scrubbing machines Push meal and refreshment trolleys
• Knowledge of Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP).
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of Manual Handling techniques
• To be able to demonstrate in identifying faults with equipment/building
• Knowledge of COSHH regulations.
• IT skills and ability to use computerised meal ordering.
• Knowledge of specialised diets
• Able to program, fill and stock control food in vending machines

Communications and Interpersonal Skills

• Knowledge of food allergens

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust